St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-02-19
MISCELLANEOUS.

american Cyclopedia. in its variou.
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Frank Grove. hunting deer on Blue
Mountain. CAL. saw one pass over {
ridge. He hurried up, and looking down
the slope and seeing what he thought
was the deer. fired. and put a bullet
through the leg Of a miner who was
stoopiag over, shoveling.
"A Deadwood I'd. T.) justice Of the
peace married couple recently. An
hour later they returned and applied to
the justice for a divorcc. The bride said
that she got married merely to spite an
old lover.
Ten thousand families in 1 Nv York
are said to make way with theil >vege-
table refuse by burning it in the kin ben
range. An effort is being made to r.
tend the practice, and if it is successful
New York will probably he the cleancst
city i'm the WORLDLY. T. Mail.
The United States Government has
received through the British Legation
in Washington an official invitation to
participate in an International exhibi-
ton which is to be held in Manchester.
England. next year, to celebrate the ju-
bilee Of Her Britannia Majcsty's reign.
After some Williamsport pa. } lads
had toilcd long and quietly to build a
snow man six feet high in front of a
door, and had then rung the door bell
and sccreted themselves to watch the
fun when the door should be opened.
they discovered that the family was
absent from home.-Phiiadelphia Press.
In Washington dwell two women
who own SO much bric-a-brac that they
have moved into a larger house to ac-
commodate it. Among other rare things
is screen. such as is used in eastern
harems, made Of carved wood, with
curious little windows which open and
shut like DOORS Washington Post.
A woman is bound to have the last
word. When the editor Of the Rarine
demonstrated with the principal con-
tributor Of the t,et's corner of his valu-
able sheet for writing on both sides of
her paper, she quietly retorted, '.Well.
and don't you print on both sides Of
yours?'-Boston Transcript.
An engineer on an Iowa railroad
saw flock of turkeys on the track, and
knowing their habits, slowed up. blew
his whistle. and got them off without
killing any. The owner, unobservcd.
saw the proceedings, ascertaincd the
engineers name. and sent him the fat
test hen in the flock for his Sunday din
ner.-C Chicago Mail.
A woman in Flatbush, Long Island.
has brought suit against drugSis. for
$500 damages. Some time ago she
took two prescriptions to the drug store
to be filled One was a linimelst, the
other to Ike taken Internally. As he
mixed the labels after filling the two
bottles she took the liniment in internal
doses and rubbed herself with the other
stuff. Neither of them did her any harm.
Nice coffee without eggs: Make
small sack Of cheese cloth, put in small
tablespoonful for each cup Of coffee;
need not tie the sack; put in the ros,
and pour pint of cold water on il.
Set this on in the morning and let it
come to a boil, then fill up rs you wish
with hot water. Turn sack wrong side
out after breakfast, rinse and dry for
next time.-Boston Budget
A Philadelphia proprietor of a large
employs women as head
On being asked recently
If the reason was because she would
work cheaper than man, he replied:
No; We pay her As much as we would
man, and she is much more reliable and
her work is much better done. When
il come eleven o'clock she does not 10
out to get drink rs some bookkeepc4s
have to do; she never comes tn the Office
worn out by an all-niglt's spree and
iumbles up the business of the day.
This is why Iprefer a lady, Rhila-
zdc,r,hia CoH
Before the curtain was drawn up
1t the Union Square theater last even
n.y." relates the New York World, "a
'oung woman who occupied front
seat in the center of the orchestra stood
md deliberately removed lofty aud
Side-spreading bonnet from her head.
As it disappeared from the INSTRUCTED
REV Of those behind round Of applause
greeted the considerable action of the
7oung lady. At the conclusion of the
asst act the occupants Of the neighbor-
ng chairs remained in their seats and
allowed her and her escort to prcccde
hem out Of the empty aisle"